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, 1887-10-12

Mrs. MACKAY, the wife of the rich
American, is determined to possess a
cloak made from the breasts of the birds
of paradise. These birds are sold at thirty
shillings each; the breast is about four
inches broad and about six inches long at
greatest length. and nearly heart shape;
the upper portion is about an inch and a
half deep, and is like the finest plush, in
color a deep seal brown; the color shades
off below to a pinky terra Gotta. About
500 birds will be necessary to furnish
enough for the cloak, and to secure them
Mrs. Mackay has dispatched two skilful
marksmen direct to New Guinea, and
they are now engaged in the wholesale
slaughter. The mantle will be costly, but
the work Of destruction will be so great
that it is to be hoped few imitators will be
tnund
, 1887-10-12
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.
The Escaped Men--Their Grimes and
the Rewards offered.

.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 4, lSS7.-To
HIS Ecceuency Thomas Moonlight, Cor
ernOr, Wyoming.-SIR: | beg leave to
state that at about the hour OF s o'clock
p. m. the following persons escaped from
the county Jail of Laramie county, viz:
Dan Began, alias William Mccoy, con.
victed at the last term of our district court
of the crime of murder in the first degree;
Charles II. Leroy, bound over to appear
before the mex grand jury for the crime
of injuring, detacing and breaking a public
jail; James Jones, bound over to answer
before the next grand jury to the
crime of burglary, and William
9. Sterry, bound over to appear before
the next grand jury for the crime of
horse stealing.
The description of Dan Began, alias
William Mccoy, is as follows:
His age is about IS years; his height
about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches; his hair
is dark and cut short; wears small dark
brown moustache; weighs about 16O
pounds; wears a No. 6 boot and has
high instep; walks slightly stopped; has
thin lips, blush gray eyes and an old scar
on back Of neck.
The description of Charles II. Leroy
is about as follows:
Age about &c years; height about 5 feet
8 inches, well built; complexion light;
full round face, small light moustache;
staggering walk.
The description of James Jones is about
as follows:
Age about 50 years; height about FIVE
feet, ten inches; very smooth face; I'M
der jaw protruding somewhat; mouth
slightly sunk in; dark complexion; cat
like walk, and, generally very stealthy in
all his movements and in his appearance.
The description of William @. Sterry
is about as follows: Age about "a years;
height, about five feet, six or seven
inches; dark complexion; hair dark,
short, but inclined to curl; sharp features;
Roman nose; slight in build.
| therefore have the honor to request
that rewards be offered for the
above escaped prisoners as fol-
lows, to-wit: For Dan Began, alias
William Mccoy, $500; for Charles H.
Leroy, 5000; for james Jones, $500; and
for William Q. Sterry 5000.
L will also state that a reward for the
capture, dead or alive, of Dan Began,
alias William Mccoy, S. X. Sharpless,
sheriff, has offered and now offers, in ad-
dition to all other rewards, a reward of
VI SoOp. Cly IGSpCCllul1, yIuI ODGul-
ent servant, w. r. SToLL,
Prosecuting Attorney.
In accordance with the above request
and in conformity with the statutes in
cases made and provided, l do hereby
offer the following rewards:
$500 for the arrest of Dan Began, alias
VIM. Mccoy.
$500 for the arrest of James Jones.
5000 for the arrest of Charles ii.
Leroy.
5000 for the arrest of William G..
Sterry.
In addition to the above the sheriff
offers $500 for the arrest of Began,
alias Mccoy. THOMAS MOONLIGHT,
Governor.
Executive Office, Cheyenne. Wyo.,
Oct. 4, 1887.
, 1887-10-12

Truth is the foundation of honor, and
this is s%trikingly illustrated on the world
of waters. Every duty on board of a ship
must be performed truthfully. The most
debased sailor that ever lived, if sent aloft
in a a and stormy night to inspect the
condition OF sail or yard, would not dare
10 make a false report. Again, II the
captain were OF the forecastle and hailed
the man at the wheel how the ship headed,
he would implicitly believe the answer re-
ceived. Now for the result of this truth
fitness. We always have many millions
of property afloat, yet who ever hears of
crews running away with their ships or
embezzling their cargoesp Look up and
down the lists of bankrupts ashore, and
how rarely or never dc we see the names
of master marines.-Boston Bulletin.
, 1887-10-12
A VETERAN CONFEDERATE.
Death of Gen. William Preston at Lex
ington.

DSAAh VI Sth. "iiiihh PRESTON AT Lex
ington.
Gen. William Preston, a distinguished
Kentuckian and prominent Confederate Off
Ger during the war, died at his residence in
Lexington on the 2lst inst, aged II years.
He was born in Louisville and educated for
the law, beginning his practice in Louisville
as a partner of the Hon. William }. Graves.
When the Mexican war began Mr.. Preston
took up a subscription of $50, 900, which he
placed in bank to the credit of the state gov
eminent, to be used in forwarding troops.
In August, 1876, a acquisition was made on
kentucky for two additional regiments, and
in about five weeks they were raised. Mr..
Preston enlisted as a private, but was soon
made lieutenant colonel in the Fourth regi-
ment, which was attached to SCOTS column.
After participating in the most memorable
battles of the war, he remained in the City of
Mexico until the treaty Of peace was made in
1913.
After his return from Mexico Gen. Preston
was chosen, in 1919, a joint member with the
Hon. James Guthrie to represent Louisville at
the convention which formed the present con-
s%titution of the state of Kentucky. He led
the opposition to G.. Davis in the Know
, 1887-10-12

~ q, ru gr.. nsr1 COlSlueT the re-
vision and forma-
ton of the code now in existence, and
although strongly opposed by the legal
profession, he carried it through. He was
chosen Wing elector in 1859, and at the fol-
lowing election was sent to congress from the
Louisville district by a large majority. He
was reelected in 1854, served on the commit
tee on foreign relations, and took an active
part in the sectional discussions of the time.
He again ran for congress, but was defeated
after IA warm contest by Gen. Humphrey
Marshall, candidate of the Know-Nothing
party. On election day, Aug. 6, 1855, many
Roman Catholics and foreigners lost their
lives, and the day has ever since been known
in Louisville as Bloody Monday" In the
midst of the riotous proceedings Gen. Preston
used every effort in his power, although ex-
posed to great personal danger, to quen the
riot.
In 1856 Preston became a Democrat, and
was a delegate to the Cincinnati convention
which nominated Buchanan and Breckin-
ridge. Buchanan appointed him minister to
Spain, and he served until the end of that
administration He arrived home soon after
the battle of Manassas. He was brother-in-
law to Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, and
was made colonel of his staff.
He served during the Kentucky campaign
at Bowling Green and Nashville, was at the,
fall of Donelson, the siege of Corinth and at
the battle of Shiloh, where Gen. Johnston,
falling MORALLY wounded, died in his arms at
the moment of supposed victory. He was
soon afterward made a brigadier general,
next in rank to Gen. Breckenridge. He was
a prominent figure in many of the great
battles of the rebellion, and at Murfrees-
borough especially he showed great daring.
After the battle Of Chickamauga Preston
was sent by the Confederacy as ambassador
TO Mexico, London and Paris. After making
his reports he requested a recall, and re-
turned. With considerable trouble he ran
the blockade and Joined Kirby Smith on the
Rio Grande, and was promoted to the rank
of major general. He refused to give his
parole in accordance with the stipulated
terms of surrender, and at the close of the
rebellion, in company with five or six friends,
he went to Mexico, thence to Havana, and
later he accompanied Mr.. Benjamin to
Europe. Afterward he went to Canada, and
returned to Washington in 1866. He then
gave his parole to Gen. Grant and left
for his native state. Since then he has lived
quietly in Lexington, holding no office save
that of legislator one term. He was delegate
for the state at large and chairman of the
Kentucky delegation to the Cincinnati con-
vention which nominated Gen. Hancock for
the presidency.
The picture represents Gen. Preston as h.
appeared in the time of the war.
, 1887-10-12

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, Ill,
says: Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, | feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have
had a running sore on my leg for eight
years; my doctors told me | would have
to have the bone scraped or leg amputa-
ted. | used, instead, three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Buck
lens Arnica Salve, and Imy leg is now
sound and WE'LL"
Electric Bittersa1e solH at fifty cents a
bottle, and BucklenSA rnica Salve at
twenty-five cents per box by w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-10-12

If the girls of to day want to be
healthy and to live long and happily until
white hairs shall deck their brows, let
them not MISUNDERSTANDING 1t is hard
work, to be sure, but it is honorable and
healthy, and she who follows it shall out
live her companions and have many years
of happiness and peace.
, 1887-10-12

New York Evening Post

There are unmistakable symptoms that
the anti Cleveland Democratic newspapers
in this city are growing very weary of the
file they have been gnAwing for the past
two or three years, and are preparing to
reconcile themselves with the president.
The present outlook is that he will be
renominated by reclamation, and that
, 1887-10-12

The Hon. w. f. Cody is booming
North Platte in London. He has written
to the board of trade that he will send out
100 families and provide homes for them
on condition that they are given employ
ment. The board of trade is considering
the question. William might get plenty
of people from the overcrowded eastern
part of this country on the same terms.
, 1887-10-12
WE vC0SOV&
why Acker's
Blood Elixir

Is warranted, is because it is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, p%urifies the
whole system. and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, we guarantee it.
DIR. w. n, Hunt.
, 1887-10-12
FIstIculture In the Hub.

Chicago Tines
Boston journalism is looking up. The
Herald OF that city prints a column inter-
view with Jere Dunn. the Chicago tough.
1t is pleasant to see the wants of an en-
lightened and cultivated community so
well supplied by its press.
, 1887-10-12

Nothing Anti-C Cath
Ole movement. He
was returned in
1851 as the Wing
representative of
Louisville in the
house of represent
tatives. With ali
his strength he adj
vocated reform in
the code of legal
practice. He was
chairman of t h
first committee to
---a1I-- A.
, 1887-10-12
o'Day Nominated for Judge.

OMAHA, Oct. 1.-THE Democratic
state convention met here at $50 this
evening to nominate one Judge of the su.
preme court and two regents of the state
university. Thomas O'Day was nominal:
ed for Judge.
, 1887-10-12

II cannot praise Hoods Sarsaparilla
half enough" says a mother whose son,
almost blind with scrofula, was cured by
this medicine.
, 1887-10-12
Dr.. Wagner cp.
sPHCIAL1sFs

We offer no apology for deyoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class Of
diseases believing that no condition of humanity
is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best
services of the profession to which we belong
as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devoteS himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plicaTion eNcels in any other branch of his pro-
fessiOn. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
is dawning when the false phii6nthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
for, has passed away.
, 1887-10-12

For ten years Geofge Francis Train
talked to nobody but children, and now he
talks so badly that nobody but children
pay any attention to what he says.
, 1887-10-12
PITH IN


T WIINWVIVUIE ANINT'I
Governor Hill says legislation cannot
remove all our ~misfOrtuncs. The gov
ernOr must know what it is to have a
Jumping corn.
, 1887-10-12

Henry Labouchere calls the list of killed
and wounded in the recent Burmah cam
paign the butchers bill" There are
1000 dead and 9, 500 wounded.
, 1887-10-12
MEN.

There are many men of the age OF 30 to go who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder, often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weakening
of the system in a manner the patient cannot
account for. On examining the urinary deposits
a ropy sediment will often be found. and some
times small particles of albunIen will appear, or
tile color will be of akin or milkish hue, again
changing to a dark and turbid appearance.
There are many men who die of this difficulty
Ignorant of the cause, which is the second stage
Of seminal weakness. DIR. Wagner will guaran-
tee a cure in all such cases and a healthy restora-
ton of the genito-urinary organs, Consultation
free. Thorough examination and advice. S. 20.
See the Doctors additional advertisement In
tlie Denver Daily News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communications should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co.
l4lI I.&rlweT street. Address. Box 27S3, Denver,
Colorado.
Cut this out and take along.
, 1887-10-12
OF THE

TERRITORY OF WYOMING l,.
County of Laramie. S''
/, Henry q. Hay, cashier OF the above
named bank, do SOlcmnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best OF my knowledge
and belief. Henry G. Hay, Cashier
subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day Of October. 1887.
SEAL Thomas n. Adams,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest
Andrew Gilchrist,
VIM. Sturgis, Jr,. Directors.
H.. f.. Teschcmacher,
, 1887-10-12

l. Jonathan L. Wild, Cashier Of the above
named bank, do sOlemnly swear that the above
statement Is true to the best Of my knowledge
and belief.
JONATHAN T.. WILD, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
lOth day Of October, 1887.
FREDERICS HEBARD
SEAL Notary Public.
Correct, attest
T. Il. HICKS,
&. +. ABBOTT Directors.
j.. f.. WILD,
, 1887-10-12

there will be no opposing candidate be-
fore the convention.
, 1887-10-12
SoN'& S\cCN s Hlg1

thousands suffering from Asthma, Con
sumption, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try
Acker'J English Remedy It is the best
preparation known for all Lung Troubles
sold on a positive guarantee at 10c., 60c
DR.. W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-10-12

Who may be- suffering from the effects of youth
full follies or indiscretiOus, will do well to avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case OF seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
, 1887-10-12

HiOH can bay tOtIet soap
at 3 cents u cake at Hollis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22
MUMMIFlED AZTECS.
Strange Discovery Made by Two Miner


Strange Discovery Made by Two Miners in
New Mexican Tomb.
There is a stir in scientific circles
over the advent of five mummified
Aztecs supposed to have been buried
six hundred years. The group COM
prises two men, two women and child.
They were discovered some months
ago by two miners, Dasty and Morris,
in a hermetically sealed cave in the
canyon of the ella river, on the boun-
Diary line between Arizona and New
Mexico. The miners were prospecting,
and noticed place closed by human
hands. They questioned the Indians,
who declined to give any information,
and were opposed to any exploration.
Watching their chances, the prOspec-
tors removed the distractions to the
cave. Huge powders, bound by excel
lent cement, had to be pried out Of
place. A search for treasures was un-
successful, but twenty feet from the
mouth of the cave they found an Aztec
mummy in a sitting posture, the legs
bent up after that custom Of the race.
The hands were folded over the breast
in the posture of alteration, facing
toward the East. A further search re-
vealed other bodies. A mother and
child were nesting together in low
ing embrace. The bodies were re-
moved to this city. They are in excel
lent preservation, not disemboweled,
and were evidently mummified natu-
rally. The skin is tanned. The women
retain their long. flowing silken hair.
Measurements by DR.. Paolo de Vecchi.
of Turin University, and DIR. q. NJ
Richter, of Berlin. conform TO the his
torical descriptions Of the Aztecs. and
the general appearance and mode of
burial and the surroundings identify
the mummies with the ancient race.
The bodies were covered with highly
colored clothes, which crumbled on ex-
posure. Three kinds were saved, two
of a coarse material and one O. deep
blue, woven in diamond shapes No
implements or utensils were found
All the Consuls here and many scientific
men inspected the mummIes recently.
San Francisco Alta.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22
MIsCELI.ANEoUs.

IL the six months ending June 80 there
were imported to this country 90. 900 tons
Of steel rails, against 1,ll3 tons in the cor
responding period, 1886, and 80, 263 tons Of
steel blooms, against s, 4S9 tons in the first
half of the year 1886.
on the 18th a royal yachting party,
which included the Crown Prince of Ger
many, narrowly escaped from being
drowned in a collision with a vessel off
the English coast
GOVERNOR LEE Of Virginia refused to
respite Holmes Puryear, sentenced to be
hanged on the 18th inst, for wife-marder
ia Dinwddie County about two years ago.
TIE European press discredit the sto-
ries told of a confidential meeting in the
Isle OF Jersey between the German Crown
Prince and the Count Of Paris.
FIFTY THOUSAND Orangemen met At
Lurgan, Ireland, on the 18th, to cole brate
the anniversary OF the battle Of the
Boyne. The Earl of Erne presided. A
crowd Of Catholics stoned the Orange
procession in Belfast
SOMEWHAT unexpectedly, q final decree
was entered by order Of Judge Sage at
Cincinnati, on the 18th, in the case of W.
L. Trenholm, Comptroller Of the Curren-
cy, against the Fidelity National Bank
aud its directors and officers, TO forfeit
the charter Of the bank.
SENENrT-FIvE immigrants, alleged TO be
paupers, were detained at Castle Garden,
New York, on tho 18th. Thirty Of them,
whose friends promised TO take care OF
them, were permitted TO go, and the 9TH
ers were held for further examination.
The merit roll Of the six-year class Of
naval cadets, out of which assignments
VIII be made 70 fill vacancies in the navy,
shows George r. Slocum, of Illinois, ranks
No. z; +. W. Eberle, of Arkansas, No. ~,
and Robert E. Coontez, Of Hannibal No,
No. "a The whole number Of cadets in
the class is thirtY-one.
The ninth annual meeting OF the Ma
tionRl Archery Association began at the
arsenal grounds in Washington on the
18th, In the presence Of few hundred
spectators ArChers were present from
Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and other
States, as well as a large number from
the city.
THE tune for the presentation of c aims
for the Twiggs swords, captured at New
Orleans in 1862 by General b. F. Butler,
the return Of which was authorized at the
last session of Congress, has expired
and the Secretary Of the Treasury has re-
ferrei TO the Court Of Claims ali papers
received by him bearing upon the owner
shin Of tho property.
McDoUaALL, LoGIE & Co, oil and paint
manufactu rers. of Montreal have failed.
! Their direct liabilities are a quarter Of q
million dollars.
OK the 18th the Clinton IN. W centen-
nial celebration occurred, President and
Mrs Cleveland being present
IRoUBLs was appreheuded at Paris on
ho l4th, at the celebration OF the fall Of
! ttc Rastiic
WEpNEsDAT, the 18Th, was the hottest
q y or the season Ia New York to date,
he mercury reaching % deg. at $3.50 p. m.
cnd S3 deg at midnight. The suffering
I t.s tenement district wase dreadful
There were SAX cases o. suR stroke,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22
A PHASE OF LIFE.

Along the shore
When day is Ger
And Cytherea's lamp is lighted,
Fond couples rove
And whisper love
In accents low;
And fair cheeks glow
With bushes sweet as VOWS are plighted.
Soft hands are pressed,
And waists caressed,
And bright eyes with loves light are beaming
And sigh greets sigh
Oh. hope is high,
And life is sweet
And joy complete
When loves young dream fond youth is dream
ingl
That is to say,
When Nell or MAY
Is with US, and only, smitten;
But, oh, the bIowI
The grief, the woe,
The pain, the smart
That wiring the heart
When from her we receive the mittenl
We sigh and NOPE,
The bud of hope
Just bourgeoning to bloom is wilted;
The skies, erst bright,
Grow dark as night,
And grim despair
Takes by the hair
The youth who by his girl is Tilted.
For half week
He will not speak,
And food he looks upon as pizen;
But soon pair
OF eyes ensnare
His heart once more;
His griefs are o'er
And JOY again gilds Hfe's horizon.
Boston Courier.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

MRS. JANE MARSHALL, the Oldest hneal
descendant Of Gen. James Robertson, the
Tennessee pioneer, died at Nashville, Tenn,
on the 18th, aged 50 years.
ATTACHMENTS were issued, On the 18th,
against z. M. Martin, druggist, of Chatta.
uooga, Tenn. Liabilities, $4,000. The
failure was due to speculations in real es-
tate. He will pay twenty cents on the
dollar.
TWELVE persons were killed and forty
wounded in a railroad accident ct st.
Thomas, Canada, on the 10th.
JACK BRADFORD, one of the members of
the famous life-saviBg service at Atlantic
City, died at Pittsburg on the 1eth. He is
the second of the brothers whose life has
been wrecked as a result OF saving other
lives. The first one was Capt. Chris Brad
ford, who died of paralysis about eighteen
months ago.
TIE weekly statement of the Associated
Banks shows the following changes: Re-
serve, increase, 81, sra, 80; loans, decrease,
81, ,6S6, 900; specie, increase, 1927, 700; legal
tenders, increase, 81, Jos, 400; deposits, de-
crease, $3.50, 200; circulation, decrease,
S12,SOO. The banks now hold 81, ,057, 100 in
excess of the 25 per cent. rule.
GEORGE w. WRITTEN, an aged and re-
spected farmer and a man OF means, living
near Bolivar, Tenn, shot and killed his
wife on the 10th in a at Of drunkenness.
THE total valuation of property in New
York City this year is about $500, ,OOO, 600,
or about four times the value OF the prop
srty in the whole State Of Georgia. One
ward alone shows s.n increase of $24, ,OOO, 600
in its taxable property during the past
year.
BEFORE the interstate commerce law
went into effect the favorite practice of the
railroads who desired TO cut rates and dis
criminate in favor of large shippers, was
to grant rebates. This being prohibited by
the new law, some roads have now hit
upon plan by which they viii still be
able to discriminate in favor Of certain
shippers. Instead of granting rebates,
these roads, it is claimed, are now paying
10 per cent. OF the regular rates TO parties
securing them business.
Tax heat in some Western cities on the
18th was: At st. Louis, 1o4 degrees; /;
Wheeling, los; Galesburg, 1O4; Indian
apolis, 100; Kalamazoo, 100; Fort Wayne.
I IO2; Rockford, 104; Joliet, 113; Pekin, 1O3;
Chenoa, 106; Chicago, 102. Five hundred
persons were prostratsd, and of these 109
died.
A LARGE public meeting Of the citizens
OF Dalton, Ca, has denounced as SANDER
ous the reports sent out about the hanging
Of Gov. Gordon in efigy by mob and q
disturbance in that city. The meeting
passed resolutions, in which they declare
that but three men engaged in the efigy
! hanging, and they we're drunk.